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geeks.pirillo.com – Yes, I was REALLY there and captured all of these retrievals (or attempted retrievals). Thanks to Guy Kawasaki for connecting me with the Navy’s Social Media enthusiasts and helping make this trip happen. YouTube’s encoding process caused the audio to run out of sync with the video, so you can download the original [...]
F-18 flight from deck of US Navy aircraft carrier.
How can such launching speeds are attained with the referenced system. Something along the lines of a steam piston pumped up in pressure until a specially designed part breaks and the aircraft is flung into the air. There are two aspects left out that seem pertinent to me (as both an engineer and retired [...]
geeks.pirillo.com – I was invited to join the USS Nimitz crew this past week. They allowed me to sit in “Vulture’s Row” and record this experience. Words can’t describe how awesome it was to watch the full orchestration of this take-off. I used a go.tagjag.com to record.
Old color shots of rare US Navy aircraft aboard USS Enterprise and around the San Diego area. Filmed for the 1941 movie “Dive Bomber”. Scarce aircraft such as the Douglas TBD-1 Devastator, Curtiss SBC-4 Helldiver and the Vought SB2U Vindicator are shown. It was during the filming that the US Navy was changing the paint [...]